delaware valley's leading news program. with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter pere perez. saturday i'm walter perez supporters of the affordable care act rally outside the offices of local congress men and the search on for a drive ran down the grandmother and a grandson. grandmother was killed. but the big story on action news is developing news, eye

popping scenes at some of the busiest airports in the wake of president trump's order to ban certain people from the country. hundreds of immigrants, travelers and refugees from seven countries specific are being detained in the u.s. the philadelphia international airport, two syrian families were turned away and legal residents of the u.s. cannot get in. teach rummage tonight but we begin with erin with the latest on the policy and its fall out. >> reporter: day of high profile phone calls monday executive orders from president trump over shadowed by this. >> refugee are welcome here. >> reporter: jfk airport two men from iraq were detained hour after trump signed the executive order banning all refugees for the next four months and suspending entry for people traveling from seven prominently muslim >> these people were granted

visas to come to the united states. >> reporter: both men have the necessary paperwork, already on the way when trump order came down. >> you step foot in u.s. airport you have legal rights. >> reporter: around noon one was released. he had worked with u.s. troops in iraq more than a decade. >> nation the greatest people in the world. we came here to support a number of people who were being in our opinion unlawfully detained. >> reporter: abc spoke to another family. the husband wife daughter and son barred from boarding flight to the u.s. >> i received this visa because i put my life in jeopardy working with american government. i don't know what to do. >> reporter: the executive order specifically mentioned september 11th attacks to justify suspending visa entry from selected countries, but the list does for the include saudi arabia. trump defended the order iing

it's about stopping terrorism not religion >> it's no the a muslim put ban. he did tell cbn he's be inclined to make an exception for christians from muslim countries. >> reporter: trump spoke with several world leaders by phone. and russian vladimir putin. abc new york. here in philadelphia, two syrian family whose land at philadelphia international airport were detained and are now back in the air after being turned away. one of the families was expected by relatives here in the lehigh valley. live from allentown with the latest. jeaneatte. >> reporter: one of these families six total are heading back to what are torn syria after donald trump signed the executive order banning many traveler from muslim majority countries. we spoke to the family members here in allentown. we're waiting on them.

they tell us little explanation on what happens next. the family says they were counting down the days to see their extended family members, four adultses, two children boarded a plane and expected to land early this morning, upon landing at philadelphia international airport, they were detained. hours later, they were put on a flight back home. he said each has visas that were approved after a long costly and legal process >> we have gone through the proper channels, paid the fees. supposed to arrive this morning at 7:45. at 8:30 we had a call from the airport authorities saying do not bother to come, we are sending them back. >> in a statement, mayor jim kenney responded saying in part, by several accounts, these families waited months to obtain the proper documentation so they could come to our country legally. the trump administration very well may have just given these

families a death sentence. >> reporter: the family is here in the states tell us they are worried about their family members once they arrive back me syria. of course, because of the ongoing war there, the backlash will continue. we're hearing protests confirmed for tomorrow at the airport and of course, the family is taking legal action. reporting live in less than jeaneatte reyes channel 6 action news. at least four major airports have detained passengers. here in philadelphia, six passengers were detained then boarded planes back to the middle east. new york's jfk airport was man was detained and released. 11 are still being held. in chicago, a syrian woman has been detained at o' hare and expected to fly back to saudi arabia. in dallas, nine people being held. world news saturday will have the latest on the travel band and growing protests coming up right after action news. other news. police in philadelphia are searching for the driver who ran

down and killed a woman holding her three-year-old grandson in west philadelphia. bob brooks is at the scene with the details. bob. >> wallet, good evening, we certainly hope whoever was behind the wheel of this minivan they are caught soon. we are hearing that this grandmom and her grandchildren had come to this neighborhood to attend a kid's birthday party. it was as they were crossing this intersection just behind me she was run down by that driver. >> the hunt is on now for the driver of this white minivan. philadelphia police say they're the one responsible for slamming into a 48-year-old grandmother. carrying her three-year-old grandson at the intersection of 57th and girard around 8:00. the victim is catherine brown pictured here. we're told she along with her grandson she was carrying and five other grandchildren were in the neighborhood for a birthday party. >> she has the grandchildren in front of her. her three-year-old grand baby in her arms.

when the cash changed and hit her, she flew her grand baby off. she protected him. >> an eyewitness saw it unfold as the victim and her grandson were crossing 57 is this street. >> he looked like he was trying to make the light but wasn't looking up. he just saw a light i figured he was on his phone. >> brown immediately lost control of her grandson and horrifically dragged by the minivan >> me and couple other neighbors cried stop. >> reporter: police took this surveillance video from her home, she tells us that is a light minivan as it went speeding by. unfortunately it's not clear for us to make out a license plate number. police say there were five other children under the age of 11 that were with the woman. they were unharmed. >> we tried to get the baby out of the street. where is the grandmom? and they said her body was at the end of the block. >> investigators say the three-year-old grandson being carried during the impact is

going to be physically ok but his grandmom was pronounced dead shortly after she was hit. if you happen to know anything about this fatal hit-and-run accident call the philadelphia police immediately. in less than an hour at 7:00. there's a prayer service here at the scene being held for catherine brown. reporting live in west philadelphia, bob brooks, channel 6 action news. thank you, bob. a memorial is growing in bensalem at the site where a 13-year-old was killed when he crashrd his atv into a vehicle. 13-year-old. he was driving an in bensalem road when he collide waited vehicle which was making a turn. forte was not wearing a helmet and his how long the headlights were turned off. this happened about 3:30 in

the morning, along the 100 block of east multon road. nobody was injured. from classic cars to the newest models, there's something for everybody and this year is philadelphia auto show. it's in full swing at the pennsylvania convention center. you can check out hundreds of the vehicle and even get behind the wheel of your dream ride visitors had the chance to meet members of the action news team who were there at the action news stand. and if you couldn't make it today, stay tuned to 6 abc after world news tonight. we'll give you an up close look. at 7:00. much nor come. dozens of people take to the streets urging local congress member not to repeal the affordable care act. it was a perfect day for a swim at least for these folks.

a polar plunge. mostly cloudy. few flurries, turns partly cloudy overnight and the chill sticks around half the weekend. details coming up with accu-weather forecast. why joel embiid will not be on the court with the sixers next game. jeff skversky has sports when action news comes right back.

springfield demonstrators urged both republican lawmakers to oppose the possible repeal of the federal healthcare law commonly referred to as obamacare. >> i can't say >> healthcare i need. >> could be an economic burden

for people. that can help. >> in fact millions of americans regret losing health insurance coverage if the affordable care act is repealed. they have not agreed on plan yet but said they want obamacare repealed and replaced. the controversial keystone pipeline proposal was also the center of protests today. this time in wilmington delaware. dozens showed up to rodney square for the energy pipeline project. trans canada resubmitted the application after president trump signed an executive order to revive it. it could move millions of barrels of oil from canada to refineries to the u.s. golf coast. the proposed track goes through sacred native american land. families were out celebrating the chinese new year at penns landing. the see port museum hosted a party. children kept busy making their chinese lanterns and put up

pets. some brave souls broke out their bathing suits in january for a frosty dip in the gravity score. every second was for a great 'cause. the eastern polar plunge benefits the special olympics. last year's event raised more than $125,000.

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on sports. >> the sixers team is gun way better than last year for sure. brett brown last night say they had a playoff crowd. the way they're going sixers fans may have a playoff game. they can be three and a half games out of a playoff spot. if they get a win tomorrow night. joel embiid stewpot with the sixers in chicago

it's a curious decision for embiid for this game. his day off sunday. may rise eyebrows, especially after exploring for 32 last night, one shy of his career high. embiid did have a career high pointers, they caught a houston star, he says embiid is the most skilled big man in the nba. jo jo still not satisfied with this game. >>y body wasn't moving the way i wanted to. the wayne train come full circle. flyers star wayne simmons is back in los angeles for the first all star game tomorrow. he started his nevertheless career before being traded six

years ago. how fast is the wayne train? we'll find out when simmons laces them up for the faster skating competition. and the first time all star, he has one goal tonight. >> i just don't want to mess up. i still want to make us look like a fool, the first time up participating. i want to look as good as i possibly can. >> that's a good goal. simmonds and the flyer may be on break until tuesday but there will be hockey had the wells fargo center. penn state rated number one in the country will face princeton at the top of the hour. featuring local plates from bensalem, langhorne and glen mills. >> get back to philadelphia. the cities, so special time watching the flyers game as a little kid here. it's awesome just growing up

here on flyers game my family and giving me a come back in front of families and friends it's going to be awesome >> college hoops st. joe's going for the fourth straight win over lasalle. the hawks they have dropped four of their last five coming into play. on the campus of st. joe's sold out for lasalle early on first half, markell lodge white wide open. 33 facing houston at 10:00. charleston second half, how about tie sean miles. two handed slam. there you go. dray gones lose the fire power. nine points in the final six minutes. 90-76, they lost eight out of ten. tennis, serena williams beats

venus, going head to he head at the australian o it's the first time in eight years the william sister played one another in a grand slam final and finally serena makes history with her 23rd title most in the open air by a man or a woman. as competitive as they are, venus tell serena, your win has also been mine. spring training. goalie and former number one overall picking andre blake is hoping they can pick off where they left off and make a playoff run for the die hard fans. >> they didn't placed the play and the fans, might sound crazy but they tell you like it is. and that's good. because you don't want to be playing in their, and they're telling you're not doing well when you're not. >> that's exactly right. that is a philadelphia fan right there. the season gets going first

weekend in march. >> cool. up next on action news melissa magee has the exclusive forecast coming up.

check of the accu-weather forecast. still cloudy >> i know >> talked about it last week and talking about it again this week. >> had a few flurries around, they moved on out. clouds will break overnight. walter. >> we'll take what we can get >> double scan radar you can see dry right now. earlier today we had a few

flakes and flurries flying across the delaware and lehigh valley because of lake effects snow bands that are drifting out of the great lakes and moving down into our region. that activity is shutting off tonight as the winds are turning more south westerly for rest of the evening. we'll show the picture outside earlier today there in center city along the ben franklin parkway. folks strolling on this saturday, we got lots of clouds around. the lake effect snow machine sets off and turns off. the high in philadelphia, well, normal. 41 degrees with the high. that's what we should be for this time of year, the record 67 set back 1916 and so far for the month of january, temperatures have been averaging about six degrees above normal. and 37 degrees outside right now. and the city. same thing in trenton, 37 in

wilmington, 26 up in the poconos. the middle 30's for reading. lancaster at the coast in cape may. 36 degrees and 35 in lakes hurts. satellite 6 along with action radar. lots of clouds starting to break apart. earlier there was lake effects snow showers downwind of the lakes and that activity was moving into on our region. budget this will shut off later on as the wind shifts and turns more southwesterly but you know those off to our north and west, there's another week disturbance that will move through, and that could trigger a couple flurries in the poconos north of philadelphia. the rest of the next 12 hours is partly cloudy, brisk and chilly. 27 the overnight low in the suburbs and 32 in philadelphia. future tracker 6 showing you the windchills later on. make sure grab an extra layer. 11:00 p.m. the temperature coming in at 28 in philadelphia. 26 in reading. windchill in the poconos, 18, feeling like 31 for millville and wildwood, 8:00 tomorrow it's

certainly a brisk start, 26 degrees is the number, 23 in reading. 12 in the poconos and 28 in wildwood. by 3:30, temperatures feeling like in most locations we're only in the 30's. the call from accu-weather tomorrow showing you clouds and we'll be breezy at times and with the weak disturbance coming on through, a flurry or two is likely up in the poke, otherwise we're maxing out at 43. 39 in reading and 42 in cape may, but dress for windchills tomorrow in the 30's. exclusive accu-weather seven-day forecast. clouds and sunshine, high temperature 43. sunday into monday, tracking another disturbance, a tropical low moving through. the high is 39. tuesday, a clipper system moves on through, some light snow is likely north and west. otherwise a high i of 41, wednesday cloudy and breezy at 42 groundhog day on thursday,

brisk and chilly, high of 36 and we'll stay in the 30's as we get into friday and saturday. >> groundhog better have good news. you can find the seven-day forecast and a live look at storm tracker 6 and double scan radar any time on web. world news saturday is next. then we're back here again on 6:00 abc at 11:00. i'm walter perez for the entire action news team. see you back at 11:00.

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tonight, breaking news. president trump's extreme vetting causes panic and chaos. that sweeping executive order slamming u.s. borders shut, temporarily barring refugees. families stranded. >> i don't know what to do. tomorrow i'm going back to iraq. >> at airports here at home and around the world, mass confusion. tonight, the growing protests. >> no hate, no fear. refugees are welcome here. >> and the question, why some countries and not others? inside the oval office. the president on the phone with the kremlin, what he said to russia's vladimir putin. on the streets of chicago, a deadly shootout. the police bodycam footage just released. a new warning tonight from the cdc about a fast-spreading flu epidemic, is your state at risk?